Vatican Dispatch

German Synodal Way backs same-sex blessings and transgender priests

blessings for same-sex couples were yesterday given the green light by the german synodal way. delegates voted by 176-14, with 12 abstention...

Traditional Latin Mass: the latest pawn in the Vatican chess game

vatican politics is beginning to look a little like a chess game. white against black. a battle between those who love the church throu...

Liverpool and Leeds crack down on Latin Mass in parish churches

the bishops of liverpool and leeds have cancelled traditional latin masses in their parish churches in the wake of further restrictions on a...

Pope Francis prays for Nicaraguan bishop imprisoned for 26 years for trumped-up treason charges

pope francis has expressed his grief at the jailing of a nicaraguan catholic bishop for 26 years on trumped-up charges of treason. the ponti...

Ukraine Catholic Church to stop using Russian-associated Julian calendar

the head of ukraine’s catholic church announced on monday a change to liturgical calendars this autumn that would see christmas celebrated o...

‘His heart beat with the love of Christ’

rome and the world bid farewell to cardinal george pell, as close to a thousand mourners from across the globe, including cardinals and arch...

What does Pope Francis really think about homosexuality and sin?

there was a flurry of correspondence between the tireless lgbtq+ activist fr james martin and pope francis on saturday 27   january.&nb...

Pope Francis condemns ‘ideological’ and ‘elitist’ German Synodal Way

in an interview published yesterday, pope francis condemned the german synodal way as elitist, unhelpful and running the risk of bringing id...

Olenka Hamilton

Vatican issues final 'stop sign' on German Synodal Path

two of germany’s top canon lawyers have explained that the german synodal path must now end following a letter from pope francis to german b...

Olenka Hamilton

Pope curses 'delinquent' priests who withhold absolution

priests should grant absolution in the confessional even when the penitent has no intention to repent, the pope has said in a speech which h...